Hero to heroin: It’s a k/o for Vijender
byChandigarh (IANS) Till a week ago, international boxer Vijender Singh was seen in his native state of Haryana as a sports star, a youth icon…
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India cancel bilateral hockey series with Pakistan
byNew Delhi (IANS) India’s external affairs ministry has cancelled the upcoming bilateral hockey series against Pakistan, it was announced here today. The decision comes a…
All that jazz from across the world in Delhi
byNew Delhi (IANS) Fusion is the flavour of the new jazz being heard in India, Latin America and Europe, where this genre of music has…
Odisha minister resigns, daughter-in-law complains of harassment
byBhubaneswar (IANS) Odisha’s minister for housing and urban development, law, and information technology, Rahunath Mohanty, today resigned after his daughter-in-law accused him of torturing her…
Italian mayor offers to host fishermen’s children
byRome (IANS/AKI) The mayor of Taranto, home of one of the marines at the centre of a row with India over the killing of two…
Another suicide in Tihar
byNew Delhi (IANS) Three days after a Delhi gang-rape accused was found hanging inside Tihar Jail here, a 30-year-old female prisoner committed suicide Thursday afternoon…
Court ban on telcos giving live cricket updates
byMumbai (IANS) Describing it as a landmark order, Star India CEO Uday Shankar Thursday said that the Delhi High Court has prohibited telecom operators and…
Rise in number of jobless professionals in Kerala
byThiruvananthapuram(IANS) The number of unemployed professionals in Kerala continued to rise reaching 1.69 lakh by September 2012, up from 1.63 lakh for the year ended…
Some Yamuna marchers reject accord, to continue protest
byAgra (IANS) The “save Yamuna” movement launched to secure the release of water from Hathinikundi in Haryana into the river appears to have split: One…
Three top private banks accused of money laundering
byNew Delhi (IANS) Three top private banks have been accused of running a nationwide money laundering racket by an investigative news website and production house,…